China/Military
 China/Military  (Armed Forces)   | |
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| The principal military force of the People's Republic of China |
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Overview
The PLA is the world's largest military force by number of personnel and has the second largest defense budget in the world. China's military expenditure was US$292 billion in 2022, accounting for 13 percent of the world's defense expenditures.[1]. It is also one of the fastest modernizing militaries in the world.
Covid
“This epidemic is not only a crisis, but also a big test, and a war. I said from the beginning, we must fight; this is a people’s war.”
Xi Jinping (2020) [2]
Like in the United States and much of the rest of the world,[3] the Chinese activities around the Covid deep event were of military nature. The "pandemic" constituted the first major test of China’s system for "national defense mobilization". Waging "people’s warfare" against the "pandemic", China’s leaders sought to leverage and coordinate all available resources and capabilities, including military, reserve, and militia forces, as well as directing production at thousands of businesses nationwide.[4] China military also contributed to propaganda and enforcing lockdowns.[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/2304_fs_milex_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.understandingwar.org/report/peoples-warfare-against-covid-19-testing-china%E2%80%99s-military-medical-and-defense-mobilization
- ↑ see for example Operation Warp Speed, Germany/Military, Australia/Military, Italy/Military, Spain/Military...
- ↑ https://www.understandingwar.org/report/peoples-warfare-against-covid-19-testing-china%E2%80%99s-military-medical-and-defense-mobilization
- ↑ https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISW%20Report%20People%27s%20Warfare%20against%20COVID-19%20ISW%20China%20December%202020.pdf
